Any time you have alarmists telling you "climate change" (formerly global warming) is the greatest threat to mankind and all life as we know it will end if we don't do something about it and, oh by the way, "give us lots of money" you should question it. Is the overall global temp up? Yes. Has the overall temp of the globe gone down over the past 15 years? Yes. Yes, friends, the climate changes, Spring, Winter, Summer, Fall, isn't it wonderful? Does mankind pollute the earth causing changes as well? Yes. But the entire civilized world since the industrial age hasn't put enough CO2 or other contaminants into the atmosphere to do what the alarmists are claiming. The climate is changing as it has for millennia on this planet, but we have very little to do with it. So in that sense, yes, I believe the Climate Change alarmists are perpetuating a hoax to get your dollars and more control over the populous. Same old, same old, people wanting power and control and finding whatever means they can to achieve it.